New from 7th Victim: “The ‘Rona Remixes”
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Tutorial Two: Applying FXs to Samples and a Word About Loop Points
The 7th Victim Society continues to provide you with the tools needed to make noise.
God bless the 7th Victim Society and all who sail in her!
Tutorial Number One: Basic Drum Patterns and Importing Samples
One of the longest-held tenets of The 7th Victim Society is that if people just had a little more free-time on their (vigorously scrubbed) hands, they would use that time to make art.
To this end, we offer you the fist in a series of instructional videos which will hopefully set many of you upon the path of making the sort of gawdawful noise the world is so desperately in need of at this moment in history.
Please address any and all questions to 7thVictim@rodneyanonymous.com
7th Victim Live-stream
On 3/14/2020 7th Victim held a rather casual live-stream from our hometown of Stocksbridge.
We hope you enjoy the show.
The Cemetery Collection: 10 Free Patches for the Uno Synth

Dear Uno Synth users,
There are you can download ten free patches which I created while visiting Laurel Hill Cemetery The video below contains examples of five of the sounds used to make the backing track (sadly, really LOW bass does not translate well to YouTube). A link to the patches is located at the bottom of the Free Sounds page or you can click on this link.
7th Victim at Connie’s Ric Rac

Happy (Early) Halloween!
New 7th Victim EP Does Not Cause Blindness In Horses
On September 1st, 2018 7th Victim released a four-song EP that – so far – has not been shown to cause blindness in horses. The EP, titled “The Tombstone Jacket EP” consists of four rough tracks from the upcoming “Giallo” album and does not cause blindness in horses.
Although no veterinarian has been willing to go on record with a statement about the EP, several have stated, in private, that the songs are “probably OK to play around horses” and “that’s likely to be the best review this thing is going to get”.
You and your horse can listen to the entire EP, or download it for FREE, here…
The Demos of Loudun – Get Free 7th Victim MP3s
Tomorrow, May 21st, is my birthday (I’ll be 55!). And while I’m sticking with my annual tradition of asking each of you to donate to the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, I’m adding an extra incentive this year. After you donate, please shoot me an email at rodney@rodneyanonymous.com and I’ll send you a randomly selected mp3 of one of the demo tracks for the upcoming 7th Victim album. These are the tracks that’ve I’ve been sending to Janet in order to persuade her to sing on the album, so these my vocals on them and not hers – you’ve been warned.
Don’t have enough money to donate to the Sophie Lancaster Foundation? No problem. Help spread the word and I’ll consider that a donation.
Thanks
Project-Time: Build a Pedalboard for Your Synths
WARNING: The following post assumes that you have, at least, a moderate level of experience with woodworking. Unless you want to be playing keyboards with just your thumbs, don’t just grab a piece of wood and take a jigsaw to it.
[Fun Fact: My father gave my this jigsaw and a drill when I was 11 or 12 years old. The drill died about 5 years ago, but the jigsaw, much like a troubled teenager, just keeps cutting!]
After my second 7th Victim (14th Victim???) show, it became clear to me that my current method for transporting and setting up my synths was not working. Basically, I was boxing up my individual synths, controllers, and mixer, transporting them to the show. Then reassembling them on the spot. So, yeah, it was taking 10 to 20 minutes to set up for a 30 minute set.
My intimal plan was to buy a pedalboard and case large enough to accommodate my live setup. This seemed like a great idea until I looked at the prices ($200 – $500). Then it hit me that I already own both hard and soft cases that I could use to transport my synths. I just needed a “synthboard” on which to mount them (ewwww!). If you already has a case, and would like to create a synthboad that will fit inside it, the following steps should – hopefully – be of some help. If you don’t already own a case (and aren’t a cheapskate like me), I’d strongly suggest just purchasing a pedalboard with a hard case.
Step One: Choose a piece of wood and choose that piece of wood… wisely.
I went with a piece of plywood which had the following waring emblazoned upon it in a most artistic fashion.
Before I cut it down to size, I showed it to my friend Paul.
Me: What dumb Son-of-a-Trump is this waring meant for?
Paul: Yeah. It’s like someone might be shocked to discover that a piece of wood contains wood dust.
Me: It’s like putting up a sign at the museum which reads “Warning: Mummies Might Have Dry Skin”.
Paul: Well, there’s only wood dust if someone – you know- actually cuts into it. Maybe you’re just meant to admire it…from afar.
Me: At least it’s only known to cause cancer in California. I’m sawing into it in PA, so I should be just fine.
Be sure to sand the living shit outta your board after you cut (There was a surprising amount of wood dust when I did this). No one wants splinters. Well, almost no one. I tend to speak in generalities.
Step Two: It’s not the size that matters; it’s where you stick it.
So that my fully-loaded sythboard could fit comfortably into either of my cases, I had to go with a maximum size of 32” wide x 13” deep. I had measured out my components beforehand, so I knew that they’d fit into an area this size, with some room to spare, but I needed to figure out where to place them for maximum performance (I.e. so that I could get to each component quickly, and so that I didn’t keep reaching across one component to get to another).
Once you’re 95% certain about the placement of your components, trace their outlines onto board. First using a pencil and then a marker.
You’ll also want to consider cutting some holes in the board to accommodate things like footswitches and midi connectors. If you do this, remember to sand the holy shit outta these openings – you never know what appendage might be inserted into them.
Step Three: Velcro – Miracle product or tool of Satan?
One you’ve got the outlines of your components traced, apply strips of Velcro to bottom of each component ($20 will buy you about 10 feet of Velcro – easily enough for this project. Then, measure out where you placed the Velcro strips on and replicate this on the board.
Next, secure the Velcro strips on the board with small woodscrews. Why? Because I’ve found that why Velcro tends to stick nicely to plastic, it can be hit-or-miss on wood.
As Velcro will hold up to 5lbs in place, your equipment will now be secure. Go forth and conquer in the name of The Synth!